Cooperating with a citywide lockdown in Shanghai, Perfect World has announced that the DPC China 2022 Tour 2 will go on a brief pause.
DPC China will come to a halt after the matches of March 29 conclude, with April 8 being tentative return date.
To cooperate with a citywide lockdown in Shanghai, where most DPC CN teams and the PWRD DPC CN production studios are located, DPC CN will go on pause after the matches of Mar 29 conclude. The tentative return date is April 8.
— Perfect World Dota ⚔️ DPCCN (@PWRD_DOTA2) March 28, 2022
We will update here as we have more detail.
This decision comes in the wake of a rise in COVID-19 cases, that has been plaguing China in recent times.
Shanghai also houses most of the DPC China teams as well as the Perfect World Production Studios, and thus the decision makes complete sense.